PS3 Media Server

What is PS3 Media Server? (from the publisher)

PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding any kind of media files, with minimum configuration. It's backed up with the powerful Mplayer/FFmpeg packages. Originally written to support the PlayStation 3, PS3 Media Server has been expa... Read more

Overview

The most common release is 1.90.1, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named PMS.exe. The setup package generally installs about 17 files and is usually about 94.61 MB (99,203,054 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 8. While about 44% of users of PS3 Media Server come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and France.